| LC control no. | n 50057310 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9379.9.D6 |
| Personal name heading | Djoleto, S. A. Amu (Solomon Alexander Amu), 1929- |
| Variant(s) | Djoleto, Amu, 1929- Amu Djoleto, 1929- Djoleto, Solomon Alexander Amu, 1929- |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Associated place | Great Britain England |
| Affiliation | Ghana. Ministry of Education University of London. Institute of Education |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Ghana--Officials and employees Periodical editors Educators |
| Found in | Author's The strange man, 1967. The strange man, 1968: title page (Amu Djoleto) page 4 of cover (born in a small Ghanaian village in 1929; went to Accra Academy and St. Augustine's College, Cape Coat before reading English at the University of Ghana; studied text book production at the Institute of Education, University of London; became editor of Ghana Teachers' Journal; was for a time in charge of the Ministry of Education's developing publishing programme; he is now a senior official of the Ministry, based in Accra) His Books and reading in Ghana, c1985: t.p. (S. A. Amu Djoleto) LC data base, 4-13-87 (hdg.: Djoleto, Solomon Alexander Amu, 1929- ; usage: S. A. Amu Djoleto, Amu Djoleto) Wikipedia, viewed August 7, 2024 (Amu Djolete; born at Manya Kpogunor, Manya Krobo, Ghana; son of Frederick Badu, a Presbyterian minister, and Victoria Shome Tetteh, "a modest trader"; he joined Ghana's Ministry of Education in the 1960s as a teacher and education officer; after studying textbook production at the Institute of Education, University of London, he returned to Ghana to edit the Ghana Teachers' Journal; at one point heading the Ministry of Education's publishing programme, he has continued to work for the Ministry of Education; novels: The strange man (1967), Money galore (1975), Hurricane of dust (1987); poetry: Amid the swelling act (1992); children's books: Obodai Sai (1990), Twins in trouble (1991), The girl who knows about cars (1996), Kofi loses his way (1996), Akos and the fire ghost (1998); also author of English practice for the African student, edited with T.H.S. Kwami (1967), The Ghana Book Development Council: aims and objectives (1976), and Books and reading in Ghana (1985)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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